Gingival recession has direct causes and predisposing factors. Orthodontic treatment is able to prevent recession and even contribute to its treatment, with or without periodontal approach, depending on the type and severity of gingival tissue damage. There is no evidence on the fact that orthodontic treatment alone might induce gingival recession, although it might lead the affected teeth (usu...

Eight patients with disabling tibiotalar arthritis (one patient with a supramalleolar nonunion) were treated by arthrodesis. The procedure in all of these patients consisted of internal compression obtained by bone plates and the application of a bilateral tension device. A bilateral surgical approach was used. No bone grafting was required. This study compares two groups immobilized for ten an...

Our previous study showed that Coriandrum sativum (CS) has antinociceptive effects, but the mechanisms that mediate this effect are not clear. The present study was designed to test the role of opiate system in the antinociceptive effects of CS on acute and chronic pain in mice using Hot Plate (HP), Tail Flick (TF) and Formalin (FT) tests and also to compare its effect with dexamethasone (DEX) ...

The objectives of this work were to explore a methodology that combines static and dynamic finite element (FE) analysis, linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM) and experimental methods to investigate a worst-case scenario in which a previously damaged bone plate system is subjected to an impact load. Cadaver ulnas with and without midshaft dynamic compression plates are subjected to a static ...

OBJECTIVE We compared the effects of 2 sedative drugs, dexmedetomidine and midazolam, on motor performance and analgesic efficacy in a rat model. MATERIALS AND METHODS Rats were randomly divided into the following 4 groups on the basis of the treatment received. The first group received 83 µg/kg/min midazolam; the second, 1 µg/kg/min dexmedetomidine; the third, 83 µg/kg/min morphine; and the ...

the current study presents a new analytical method for buckling analysis of circular plates with constant thickness and poisson’s ratio, made of functionally graded material subjected to radial load. governing equations are based on energy method for thin plates. the boundary conditions of the plate are assumed to be simply supported and clamped. the stability equations were obtained by using c...

OBJECTIVE To compare bioresorbable plates with titanium plates for treatment of mandibular fractures. STUDY DESIGN Randomized controlled trial. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry, Rawalpindi, from January to December 2010. METHODOLOGY Patients with mandibular fracture were randomly divided in to two groups. The contro...

We performed biomechanical comparison of a xenograft bone plate-screw (XBPS) system for achieving cadaveric lumbar transpedicular stabilization (TS) in dogs. Twenty dogs' cadaveric L(2-4) lumbar specimens were harvested and their muscles were removed, but the discs and ligaments were left intact. These specimens were separated to four groups: the L(2-4) intact group as control (group I, n = 5),...

BACKGROUND Additive manufacturing (AM) technology has helped to achieve several advances in the medical field, particularly as far as fabrication of implants is concerned. But the application of direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) bone plate is quite limited due to the indeterminate mechanical property. The purposes of this study were to characterize the biomechanical properties of the polished...

In 1993, I retrospectively reviewed Le Fort III osteotomies performed at Children’s Hospital Oakland. The cases had been performed without distraction and employed internal bone plate fixation. It was disappointing to discover the amount of midface protraction achieved, when measured on lateral cephalograms, was typically 0 to 25% of the magnitude required for reconstruction to facial norms. To...